EUROPA 2009 Stamp Program and Denmark's 2009 Astronomy stamps

2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, designated in honor of the 400th anniversary of Galileo and the telescope he used to discover the mountains on Earth's moon and four of the moons of Jupiter. Appropriately, the two EUROPA stamps for 2009 will have astronomy themes. Denmark has always had a strong tradition of astronomy and astronomical observation: Tycho Brahe was one of the premier astronomers of the 1600s.

The two beautiful astronomy-themed stamps pictured above are Denmark's 2009 EUROPA stamps.